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Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
1 Antti Aalto 1998 2001 C 151 11 17 28 -25 52
2 Kevyn Adams 1998 2008 C 540 59 77 136 -38 317
3 Chris Allen 1998 1999 D 2 0 0 0 1 2
4 Erik Andersson 1998 1998 C 12 2 1 3 -4 8
5 Magnus Arvedson 1998 2004 LW 434 100 125 225 109 241
6 Tom Askey 1998 1998 G 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 2 2.64 .894
7 P.J. Axelsson 1998 2009 LW 737 97 165 262 -26 264 0
8 Shawn Bates 1998 2008 C 465 72 126 198 -28 266
9 Bates Battaglia 1998 2008 LW 580 80 118 198 -34 385
10 Steve Begin 1998 2009 C 354 41 34 75 -5 444 0
11 Jan Benda 1998 1998 C 9 0 3 3 1 6
12 Ladislav Benysek 1998 2003 D 161 3 12 15 -28 74
13 Zac Bierk 1998 2004 G 47 0 1 1 0 6 47 9 20 5 3.18 .901
14 Brad Bombardir 1998 2004 D 356 8 46 54 -5 127
15 Jason Botterill 1998 2004 LW 88 5 9 14 -16 89
16 Daniel Briere 1998 2009 C 570 198 259 457 -30 441 0
17 Travis Brigley 1998 2004 LW 55 3 6 9 -6 16
18 Jan Bulis 1998 2007 C 552 96 149 245 -3 268
19 Sven Butenschon 1998 2006 D 140 2 12 14 -10 86
20 Petr Buzek 1998 2003 D 157 9 22 31 -25 94
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
21 Zdeno Chara 1998 2009 D 705 87 189 276 41 1135 0
22 Vladimir Chebaturkin 1998 2002 D 62 2 7 9 7 52
23 Brad Church 1998 1998 LW 2 0 0 0 0 0
24 Ivan Ciernik 1998 2004 RW 89 12 14 26 9 32
25 Brett Clark 1998 2009 D 393 30 79 109 -16 205 0
26 Daniel Cleary 1998 2009 RW 553 86 129 215 26 304 0
27 Dan Cloutier 1998 2008 G 351 0 5 5 0 147 351 139 142 37 2.77 .899
28 Mike Crowley 1998 2001 D 67 5 15 20 -26 44
29 Matt Cullen 1998 2009 C 743 135 239 374 -39 340 0
30 Boyd Devereaux 1998 2008 C 604 61 107 168 2 203
31 Chris Dingman 1998 2006 LW 385 15 19 34 -58 769
32 Robert Dome 1998 2003 RW 53 7 7 14 0 12
33 Brian Felsner 1998 1998 LW 12 1 3 4 0 12
34 Scott Ferguson 1998 2006 D 218 7 14 21 17 310
35 Doug Friedman 1998 1999 LW 18 0 1 1 0 34
36 Sean Gagnon 1998 2001 D 12 0 1 1 -1 34
37 Maxim Galanov 1998 2001 D 122 8 12 20 -24 44
38 Denis Gauthier 1998 2009 D 506 15 59 74 -1 679 0
39 Hal Gill 1998 2009 D 803 29 113 142 58 760 0
40 Yan Golubovsky 1998 2001 D 56 1 7 8 11 32
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
41 Benoit Gratton 1998 2004 C 58 6 10 16 0 58
42 Sergey Gusev 1998 2001 D 89 4 10 14 -20 34
43 Steven Halko 1998 2003 D 155 0 15 15 -2 71
44 Dwayne Hay 1998 2001 LW 79 2 4 6 -7 22
45 Matt Higgins 1998 2001 C 57 1 2 3 -11 6
46 Marian Hossa 1998 2009 RW 718 309 362 671 93 411 0
47 Ryan Huska 1998 1998 LW 1 0 0 0 0 0
48 Brad Isbister 1998 2008 LW 541 106 116 222 -43 615
49 John Jakopin 1998 2003 D 113 1 6 7 -8 145
50 Ryan Johnson 1998 2009 C 565 34 70 104 -81 222 0
51 Olli Jokinen 1998 2009 C 739 215 262 477 -68 749 0
52 Chris Kenady 1998 2000 RW 7 0 2 2 0 0
53 Espen Knutsen 1998 2004 C 207 30 81 111 -61 105
54 Alexander Korolyuk 1998 2004 LW 296 62 80 142 26 140
55 Pavel Kubina 1998 2009 D 683 86 193 279 -92 850 0
56 Eric Landry 1998 2002 C 68 5 9 14 -8 47
57 Darryl Laplante 1998 2000 C 35 0 6 6 -2 10
58 Georges Laraque 1998 2009 RW 643 52 96 148 9 1061 0
59 Brad Larsen 1998 2008 LW 294 19 29 48 -23 134
60 Jeff Libby 1998 1998 D 1 0 0 0 0 0
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
61 Juha Lind 1998 2001 C 133 9 13 22 -3 20
62 Johan Lindbom 1998 1998 LW 38 1 3 4 4 28
63 Warren Luhning 1998 2000 RW 29 0 1 1 -10 21
64 Brad Lukowich 1998 2009 D 601 22 85 107 38 359 0
65 Don MacLean 1998 2007 C 41 8 5 13 -6 6
66 Cameron Mann 1998 2003 RW 93 14 10 24 -7 40
67 Norm Maracle 1998 2002 G 66 0 0 0 0 0 66 14 33 8 3.10 .897
68 Danny Markov 1998 2007 D 538 29 118 147 47 456
69 Patrick Marleau 1998 2009 C 815 247 314 561 -8 289 0
70 Chris McAllister 1998 2004 D 301 4 17 21 -27 634
71 Mike McBain 1998 1999 D 64 0 7 7 -21 22
72 Alyn McCauley 1998 2007 C 488 69 97 166 25 116
73 Jeff Mitchell 1998 1998 C/RW 7 0 0 0 0 7
74 Marc Moro 1998 2002 D 30 0 0 0 -5 77
75 Aleksey Morozov 1998 2004 RW 451 84 135 219 -29 98
76 Derek Morris 1998 2009 D 734 72 250 322 -17 758 0
77 Brendan Morrison 1998 2009 C 693 161 317 478 46 354 0
78 Tyler Moss 1998 2003 G 30 0 1 1 0 0 30 6 16 1 3.25 .891
79 Ryan Mulhern 1998 1998 C 3 0 0 0 0 0
80 Dmitri Nabokov 1998 2000 C/LW 55 11 13 24 -5 28
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
81 Kirk Nielsen 1998 1998 RW 6 0 0 0 -1 0
82 Mattias Ohlund 1998 2009 D 706 89 217 306 -2 677 0
83 Vladimir Orszagh 1998 2006 RW 289 54 65 119 -22 194
84 Rich Parent 1998 2001 G 32 0 0 0 0 4 32 7 11 5 3.15 .882
85 Chris Phillips 1998 2009 D 717 45 138 183 106 524 0
86 Martin Prochazka 1998 2000 RW 32 2 5 7 -2 8
87 Joel Prpic 1998 2001 C 18 0 3 3 -6 4
88 Erik Rasmussen 1998 2007 LW/C 545 52 76 128 5 305
89 Bert Robertsson 1998 2001 D 123 4 10 14 -9 75
90 Mike Rucinski 1998 2001 D 26 0 2 2 1 10
91 Sergei Samsonov 1998 2009 LW 675 192 265 457 26 149 0
92 Terran Sandwith 1998 1998 D 8 0 0 0 -4 6
93 Marc Savard 1998 2009 C 677 176 420 596 -63 652 0
94 Dave Scatchard 1998 2007 C 635 125 138 263 -42 1017
95 Ray Schultz 1998 2003 D 45 0 4 4 -1 155
96 Richard Shulmistra 1998 2000 G 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1.48 .941
97 Peter Skudra 1998 2003 G 146 0 2 2 0 6 146 51 47 20 2.73 .894
98 Sheldon Souray 1998 2009 D 549 74 134 208 -35 880 0
99 Corey Spring 1998 1999 RW 16 1 1 2 -1 12
100 P.J. Stock 1998 2004 C 235 5 21 26 -6 523
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
101 Marco Sturm 1998 2009 LW 778 211 217 428 51 368 0
102 Ronnie Sundin 1998 1998 D 1 0 0 0 0 0
103 Rocky Thompson 1998 2002 D 25 0 0 0 0 117
104 Joe Thornton 1998 2009 C 774 244 532 776 99 795 0
105 Brad Tiley 1998 2001 D 11 0 0 0 -1 0
106 Pascal Trepanier 1998 2003 D 229 12 22 34 -8 252
107 Pavel Trnka 1998 2004 D 411 14 63 77 -12 323
108 Tony Tuzzolino 1998 2002 RW 9 0 0 0 -4 7
109 Lubomir Vaic 1998 2000 C 9 1 1 2 -2 2
110 Petri Varis 1998 1998 LW 1 0 0 0 0 0
111 Sergei Varlamov 1998 2003 LW 63 8 7 15 5 26
112 Mike Watt 1998 2003 LW 157 15 26 41 -17 41
113 Kevin Weekes 1998 2009 G 337 0 3 3 0 18 337 99 161 39 2.90 .902
114 Todd White 1998 2009 C 505 115 180 295 46 184 0
115 Peter Worrell 1998 2004 LW 391 19 27 46 -48 1554
116 Bob Wren 1998 2002 C 5 0 0 0 0 0
117 Jamie Wright 1998 2003 LW 124 12 20 32 12 54
118 Andrei Zyuzin 1998 2008 D 496 38 82 120 -40 446